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post #1 of 9
8/27/07 at 12:53pm
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13645_1-976...tfd.blogs.item

Ah, yes, who are we and why do we spend so much damn money?!
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post #2 of 9
8/27/07 at 2:10pm
Wow, I'd hate to have his tube bill when they need to be replaced
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post #3 of 9
8/27/07 at 2:24pm
The real question is who are car enthusiasts and why do nice cars cost as much as a hi-fi system?

What do you do with nice cars anyway? Get up to the speed limit really quickly?
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post #4 of 9
8/27/07 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by Dept_of_Alchemy View Post
The real question is who are car enthusiasts and why do nice cars cost as much as a hi-fi system?

What do you do with nice cars anyway? Get up to the speed limit really quickly?
good one
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post #5 of 9
8/27/07 at 3:08pm
MacBook for iTunes and CD playback? lolwut Hopefully as a transport...

His system does seem a bit over the top...
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post #6 of 9
8/27/07 at 9:04pm
Very cool read. The way I see it is that music is very important in life. Many people do spend $18,000 on their Harley motorcycles or $35,000 on their their sports cars. That's fine but to me, if I can afford it, I would rather spend the money on a state of the art audio system and experience the sonic rich life like quality. Hearing a great legend play his instrument in a life like way is truly one of the greatest joys in life.

When I'm done setting up my rig, it will cost around $10,000 and probably take about 5 years for me to accomplish since I have to save money and I won't be sacrificing the quality of my life. In other words, I can still eat steak and not eat Ramen noodles. If you think about it, $10,000 to $20,000 is not really a lot of money compared to all the money you make in your lifetime. It's definitely worth it to make an investment at least once in your life for a great sounding audio system. And to upgrade components of your rig every 5 years or so by spending a couple thousand dollars. It's actually affordable to most middle class audio enthusiasts, as long as you are not in serious debt and you don't have a bad spending problem. To me, this is not crazy audiophile madness and it is sense-able.



That said, a cheap boom box can also be great too. I have a $150 RCA brand CD shelf system and it sounds great. If I was very poor and could not afford any upgrades, I could be happy with it too.
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post #7 of 9
8/27/07 at 9:30pm
that's what i always said. if you consider that a completely awesome audio system costs less than the brand new corvette many mid-life-crisis guys get, it doesn't seem nearly as bad!

meanwhile, i still need a headphone amp...
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post #8 of 9
8/28/07 at 3:42am
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Originally Posted by Dept_of_Alchemy View Post
The real question is who are car enthusiasts and why do nice cars cost as much as a hi-fi system?

What do you do with nice cars anyway? Get up to the speed limit really quickly?
Pick up really fine women thats what you do with a nice car.
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post #9 of 9
8/28/07 at 7:50am
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Pick up really fine women thats what you do with a nice car.
If you don't have enough cojones, you would need a nice car
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